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Serena and Venus #2

Object Details

Description
Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus and Serena Williams. Serena (left) leans in towards her sister Venus (right) and looks at the camera with a smile on her face. Venus looks downward, away from the camera, and has her proper left hand raised in the air in front of her body. Both girls wear printed Reebok polo shirts.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Roderick J. Lyons, American, born 1950
Subject of
Venus Ebony Starr Williams, American, born 1980
Serena Jameka Williams, American, born 1981
Date
1991
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Roderick Lyons
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 2813 pixels × 4191 pixels
File size: 33.76 MB
Type
digital images
digital media - born analog
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